Man In Custody At Newark Airport After 'Suspicious Device' Found

NEWARK, NJ — Authorities temporarily shut down part of Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday morning after officials found a “suspicious item.” The terminal resumed normal operations shortly afterward, the Port Authority stated.

Port Authority officials announced that the third level of the terminal was closed due to “police activity.” Other checkpoints at the terminal remained open during the incident, officials stated.

Following the inspection, police deemed the suspicious item "harmless" and Terminal C resumed normal operations with residual delays, a Port Authority spokesperson said.

One person is being questioned and the investigation is still ongoing, the spokesperson said Tuesday morning. No additional information about the investigation was immediately available.

Officials took a man into custody after the discovery of the item, which was seized by the Essex County bomb squad, NJ.com reported. A Port Authority spokesperson said that the man said he was headed to a police training seminar in Panama City, Florida after arriving in Newark on a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel. The item was to be used as part of the training, he reportedly said.

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